A welfare association in Klang that provides shelter for 80 special children and adults is in dire need of help in cash or kind.

Known as FunBowl, this initiative is part of the Singapore edition of the three-leg tour series from Feb 25 to March 2. Hong Kong (March 27-31) and Kuching, Malaysia (July 31-Aug 5) will host the other legs.

Persatuan Damai Orang Kurang Upaya Malaysia (DAMAI) meminta Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) menyediakan kemudahan mesra Orang Kelainan Upaya (OKU) bagi memastikan golongan itu dapat mengundi dalam keadaan baik dan sempurna pada Pilihan Raya Umum ke-14 (PRU-14).

“Selagi mampu bergerak, saya akan mengerahkan kudrat badan yang cacat ini untuk mencari rezeki sendiri,” kata orang kurang upaya (OKU) Muhammad Helmi Firdaus Abdul Halid. Pemuda berusia 21 tahun itu mengidap penyakit kepala besar atau dikenali sebagai Hydrocephalus sejak lahir, menyebabkan kedua-dua kakinya lumpuh dan terpaksa bergerak dengan bantuan kerusi roda.

ASK not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country, John F. Kennedy famously said. For 20-year-old Celine Lean Yew Lin, the quote is a meaningful one. At the tender age of four, she was diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia, consequently resulting in her visual impairment.

Scoliosis is not a disease, but a term used to describe an abnormal, sideways curvature of the spine. The spine forms like an “S” or a “C”, rather than a straight line. In 80% of cases, the cause is unknown, hence the term idiopathic.

DEN Social Welfare Foundation Taiwan plans to present 100 free wheelchairs to deserving recipients in Malaysia through its “Love Without Borders” Wheelchair Donation 2018 campaign. The offer is open from now until March 1 and applications should be sent to the Eden Handicap Service Centre Penang branch.

Goh Hann Kheng was filled with euphoria at an early Chinese New Year celebration at the Taman Lip Sin Community Welfare Association in Penang. “I feel happy getting to dance to Chinese New Year music,” he said.

“The fear of not being able to navigate busy, cluttered and visually oriented environments is a major barrier to participation in normal life,” says Meere, 52. That’s what makes an innovative project at the city’s Southern Cross train station so important to him.

It takes a trained eye to identify a child with dyslexia and, more often than not, many are passed off as lazy or unintelligent. In Malaysia, only one per cent of the schools have teachers trained to deal with such students. There are also concerns that many children with dyslexia may not be identified early enough.